I'm looking at buying suspension off a 2012 sedan. The suspension comes with everything except top hats. Do I need the top hats or are they the same ones that are in my forester?
2012 wrx suspension install on 2011 xt
('09-'13)
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The tophats should be the same, so just reuse yours.
No, that is incorrect. You need the top hats from the WRX. The top hats from your XT will NOT work... I know this from experience.
It blows the sweatiest of sheep at the petting zoo to get the back swapped out using the XT top hats to find out the fronts don’t work. Just get a complete set from a WRX and make it a simple swap.
It blows the sweatiest of sheep at the petting zoo to get the back swapped out using the XT top hats to find out the fronts don’t work. Just get a complete set from a WRX and make it a simple swap.
Depends on what you mean by top hat. If you mean the rubber mount at the very top that bolts to the car, then yes those transfer. However you'll need the WRX spring seats. This (http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin/f70/wrx-suspension-swap-writeup-127829/) should be fairly close to what you're doing. At least the strut / spring parts; most don't worry about the control arms and such.
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